$500K Super Baby Whale Makes a Big Splash!

作者： Dor Lan

January 16, 2017

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Last night’s tourney was a huge declaration by us at 888poker as we head towards the upcoming Super XL Series (January 19 – 31, more info), by providing a staggering $500k GTD prize pool at a special edition Tournament - “Super Whale”.

German Player “Slaaasch” prevailed, managing to win the prestigious event after striking a deal with the former winner of both the Whale and the Baby Whale, Polish regular player, “ZDamian”.

“ZDamian” shows once again that this is where he is feeling best -- making yet another deep run and getting it to heads-up play.

Players Come Out to Support the Whale

Both players got heads-up after working their way through a tough field of 1,188 players with 531 Rebuys, creating an enormous prize pool, and surpassing the $500k GTD!

Prior to agreeing on a deal, we saw some serious action at the final table when we got down to the final 3.

After a hard-fought battle and a very close competition, the action resulted in a huge flip between 2 players. “ZDamian” and the Romanian “Alexxv14” scuffled in blind-on-blind action, ending in an All-In shove from the Pole holding 66. The Romanian quickly called holding AKo.

The board ran out dry for “Alexxv14” sending him home in 3rd place with an amazing payday of $48,991, an astounding return on his investment.

A Deal is Struck!

The two remaining players quickly agreed on a deal -

“ZDamian” – $74,090

“Slaaasch – $69,382

The two left 10k$ for the winner along with the prestige of winning the first-ever $500k GTD Super Baby Whale. Quickly after striking the deal, we saw “Zdamian” losing the majority of his stack to “Slaaasch” set of 7’s when holding top pair.